Events and news from the UCLA Department of Information Studies:

Upcoming events:

Oct. 14 - IS Colloquium featuring SJSU SLIS Director Sandra Hirsh on Ready to Meet the Future: Preparing Graduates for Success in a Rapidly Changing Field
at UCLA
Free to the public; No RSVP required
More information at:  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=217

Oct. 15 - Horn Press Open House
at UCLA
Free to the public; No RSVP required
More information at:  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=246

Oct. 17 - Information Session for Prospective MLIS Students at San Francisco Public Library
at the San Francisco Public Library's Main Library
Free to the public; RSVP preferred but not required
More information at:  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/admissions/infomtg.htm

Oct. 21 - IS Colloquium on What new librarians should know about open access and scholarly communication - in celebration with Open Access Week
at UCLA
Free to the public; No RSVP required
More information at:  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=218

Oct. 22 - Friday Forum: Supervision of Subordinates, not Scary, but Successful!
at UCLA
Registration fee applies.
More information at:  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/friday_forums/workshops/2010/101022.htm

Oct. 26 - IS Reception at ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh
at the Pittsburgh Hilton
Free to the public; No RSVP required
More information at:  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=258

A selection of past IS colloquia, lectures, and presentations are available as podcasts at < http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/podcasts>.

News:

Encyclopedia Edited by IS Faculty Members Named Best Information Science Book of the Year
--  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=252

Nidorf Collective Receives Grant
--  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=256

Information Studies Invites Applications for Position in Archival Studies
--  http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/events/showEvent.htm?eid=157

David Cappoli
Digital Resources Librarian
UCLA, Dept. of Information Studies
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tel: (310) 794-5350 - fax: 310-206-4460